A technology that uses electrically activated holograms stored within specially developed crystals to route information in the form of lightwave signals from one optical fiber to another within and between communications networks.

The electric field associated with an electromagnetic wave and thus with a lightwave. The electric vector specifies the...

The diffraction of a particle by a standing lightwave.

The altering of lightwaves by acoustic waves in a solid medium.

The use of an electric field or signal to couple a lightwave from one dielectric waveguide into another dielectric waveguide.

The study of the physics of x-rays, where the x-rays exhibit properties similar to those of lightwaves. Also called Roentgen...

An instrument that employs the interference of lightwaves to measure the accuracy of optical surfaces; it can measure a...

The individual coherent series of lightwaves that defines a quantum of radiant energy. Light quantum is equal to hv, h being...

The phenomenon that makes nonlinear the mathematical expression for the electrical polarization of a medium through which...

A multiple-beam interferometer, usually consisting of two flat plates, with high reflective ability. The plates are set...

In a birefringent material, the index of refraction varies with the direction of vibration of a lightwave. That direction...

With respect to the effect of crystals on lightwaves, the family of curves having constant direction of polarization.

Trade name referring to an instrument that determines surface distances by measuring the length of time it takes for a...